Can you pull off tattooed eyebrows? A London salon is offering semi-permanent brows that look like real hair
Lauren Naylor goes under the needle to see why celebrities are rushing to get the latest semi-permanent tattooed eyebrows
We send our Beauty Editor, Lauren Naylor, to go try out the latest trend – semi-permanent ‘tattooed’ eyebrows.
Cara Delevigne-esque brows have been in for a while now, which is an uncomfortable truth for those of us who plucked our brows to within an inch – or hair – of their lives as teenagers.
Since then, women have been filling in their brows (or what remains of them) every day.
Believing that permanent options will leave them with thick black brows forever.
And that’s where Tracie comes in.
She is one of the first beauticians to offer the latest semi-permanent eyebrow treatment at her Knightsbridge salon and has already tended to a number of celebrities’ brows.
Including most recently Louise Thompson and Jessica Wright.
But what does the treatment entail? We sent our Beauty Editor, Lauren Naylor, to find out.
Tracie begins by measuring Lauren’s brows; drawing dots at the points they align with her nose, tear ducts and irises.
Then, with an eyebrow pencil, she brings the inside of Lauren’s brows slightly closer together so that they’re completely symmetrical.
“The word tattoo can put people off,” says Tracie. “But it’s nothing like a normal tattoo because it’s safe and relatively painless - so much so that many of my clients have actually fallen asleep.”
Once the brows are drawn on, Lauren lies under a bright light and is given a local anaesthetic.
Then, using natural pigment and a Nano-needle, Tracie tattoos individual hairs among the existing ones with incredible control.
She draws each hair in the same direction as the natural hair growth, getting gradually lighter in thickness and colour towards the outside.
“It’s so easy!” she says. And it’s over in no time at all. It looks amazingly realistic and blends in to Lauren’s natural colouring.
The treatment costs between £450-£750 and can last between one to three years.
It takes between one-and-a-half to two-and-a-half-hours and requires an hours follow up session two to four weeks later.